From: "George Sherwood" 

So if the A-380 is the future of aviation as some have advocated, why have
none sold in 2006?  The delay has hurt them I am sure, but if the case for
this airplane was solid, it would still sell.  I have never bought into the
sales pitch of this aircraft from the start.

We saw the tricks Airbus played with the Chinese orders last year to beat
Boeing they are going to have to come up with something even trickier to
get close this year.

George

http://www.forbes.com/markets/currencies/2006/07/10/boeing-airbus-0710markets08
.html

Airbus orders fell 58% year-over-year in the first half of 2006.

Orders in the first six months of the year totaled 117, compared to 276 for
the same time period last year and failed to include any new orders for
Airbus' super-jet, the A380, which seats up to 800 passengers.

Meanwhile, Boeing reported 480 new orders in the first six months of 2006,
versus 441 in the first half of 2005.

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